Tax Consultancy

The services provided in this area aim at assisting clients in minimizing and/or optimizing the impact of taxes:
• on its operations;
• on its strategies for corporate restructuring through mergers and acquisitions;
• on the decision to remunerate shareholders and quotaholders, etc., by means of:

- Tax Planning

Tax planning aims at identifying legal alternatives to avoid the imposition of taxes; or to reduce the tax calculation basis; or, even, to postpone their payment. Consequently, the tax planning developed by MARQUES CONSULTORIA seeks to align the tax strategies of its clients with their major business needs, in order to optimize their global tax burden in a sustainable manner.

- Issue of Technical Opinions

MARQUES CONSULTORIA’s consultants are apt to answer the questions raised by its clients, covering the corporate, accounting and tax areas, based on the legislation in force,  as well as on former court decisions in the administrative and judicial spheres, so that decisions will be made based on technical grounds and with the amount of details required for top management’s comfort.

- Organization and Coordination of Fiscal Committees

MARQUES CONSULTORIA’s consultants organize and coordinate fiscal committee meetings to discuss and analyze the corporate, accounting, and tax legislations, examining their influence on client operations. As a rule, the committee meets periodically with a predefined agenda and the participation of its clients’ strategic professionals from various areas, with the purpose of:

Other services:

• identifying matters that may be subject to tax and corporate planning;
• discussing conflicting or doubtful points of the legislation in effect;
• discussing other accounting, corporate and tax matters of interest to the clients.

- Administrative and Tax Litigations

MARQUES CONSULTORIA’s team provide defense in the administrative field, arising from its clients’ receipt of Court Orders comprising:

• Interposition of Appeals;
• presentation of additional clarifications requested by the judge;
• filing of appeals and preparation of briefs, when applicable;
• monitoring the whole legal proceeding.

- Judicial Tax Litigations

The Legal Department of MARQUES CONSULTORIA, comprised of lawyers qualified in all activities exclusive to members of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), carries out actions in the judicial field among other specific activities, comprising:

• filing of pleadings with any bodies of the Judiciary Branch and special courts;
• legal consulting, assistance and guidance;
• defense of and objection to Tax Assessment Notices;
• preparation of opinions, consultations, proposition of legal measures and/or writs of review, among others.